Ok guys, I am fixing a computer for my friend...he bought a Western Digital 40 gig drive to replace his 4 gig drive inside his Compaq Presario 5304 right now. So I partition and format the drive in DOS (1 full partition), install Windows 2000, then I had some problems so I decided to just reformat the drive. Just to be safe, I deleted all partitions, booted off the Windows 2000 CD, and formatted with NTFS. That finishes and it's time to reboot and boot off the hard disk to continue the installation, when I just get this error "Missing Operating System". Again, I delete the NTFS partition, create a new FAT32 partition, and boot off the Windows 2000 CD. That finishes, then when I boot off the hard disk now, it says "NTLDR is missing, press any key to restart". Anyone know what is going on and how I can fix it? I tried researching it a little to no avail, the jist of what I found out was that this has something to do with either the master boot record or the FAT32 partition tables. I really have to fix this since it's my friend's computer! Any help appreciated, thanks in advance! 
EDIT: When I access the drive in DOS, I can see the drive, with a WINNT directory.
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EDIT: When I access the drive in DOS, I can see the drive, with a WINNT directory.
This is the place to discuss the latest computer hardware issues and technology. Please keep the discussion ON TOPIC, and covering computer hardware ONLY.
Try the OS forum for this question.
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